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"NNNN... This is a beautiful record"
- NOW Magazine

"A sturdy, eloquent affair."
- Exclaim Magazine

"Pretty damn good."
- Chart Magazine

May 22, 2008

Hello!

Welcome to Spring! It has been a very long time since we've written, although time has been flying for Pinar and I. We've been very busy being not as busy, which is nice, but also taking time to craft some new songs and play with some very talented new people. Before we introduce you to any of them, Pinar and I have a few shows coming up in a stripped-down, acoustic set-up, which we've enjoyed many times in the past. It's always nice to be able to hear what you're singing! :)

we hope to see much more of you soon.

xo noyan & pinar

January 4, 2008

Dears,

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
We wish you all only health and happiness in 2008.

Now, onto some news that is really important to us...

We announce that the family of Five Blank Pages is about to go through a very major change- Chelen and Rajiv are moving on to pursue other interests and passions in their lives. We wish them only the best of luck in all that they do, of course. This has been a very challenging year, recording Last Blush and releasing it ourselves, touring behind it and seeing it through- It has also been the best year the band has ever had as well- the reaction to the record has been phenomenal and we've made some great memories playing to many wonderful people. College radio across the country has also been amazing. We could not be happier with how things have gone.

Pinar and I have decided to continue on with Five Blank Pages and start a new chapter, to explore where things can take us. We've had an amazing time being in this entity we call Five Blank Pages since 2003 and we hope that it can go to new places, grow, and stay fresh.

We've decided to celebrate the time Chelen & Rajiv have had with us- and to do so, we are putting on the most funnest & craziest show we can, inviting our most favourite friends to play with us, inviting many talented guest musicians on stage with us (wielding such beautiful things as violins, cellos, trumpets, trombones, and more), and inviting YOU to join us on this most special of occasions.

Be there with us on Sat, February 2nd at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. This IS the best venue in Toronto and our favourite place to play, anywhere. If you were at our CD release party in October, you know how much fun this show will be!

Joining us will be our friends The Junction, The Ghost Is Dancing and The Vulcan Dub Squad. We put this bill together ourselves- inviting our closest and most talented friends of long-standing.

It will be $8 at the door and 19+/licensed. If we could make it all ages we would but unfortunately it is out of our hands. Doors will open at 9pm and The Vulcan Dub Squad will kick the show off at 9:30pm, followed by The Ghost Is Dancing at 10:30pm, The Junction at 11:30pm and then Five Blank Pages, headlining the Horseshoe Tavern for the first time ever, at 12:30am. It is late, but it is a Saturday night and worth staying up for. We will be playing a few songs that you may not have heard for a while from our debut EP, Spaces To Occupy And Abandon, as well as many songs from our new full-length, Last Blush.

Please admire and pass on the super cute poster our friend Alice Phieu (http://www.alicephieu.com) has created here.

This will be the last show that Five Blank Pages play in a full band set up for some time. Pinar and I will be taking some time off from playing live to catch our collective breath, regroup and work on new music. The new songs we've written over the last few months are really exciting and are a step towards more ambitious territory in our music. We can't wait for you to hear where we are going. We're curious too!

Chelen and Rajiv will be missed. We truly hope you will join us on Sat, February 2nd @ The Horseshoe Tavern for their final show with Five Blank Pages. It will be something to remember.

xo,

noyan (& pinar & chelen & rajiv)

Details in a nutshell:

Sat, Feb 2
@ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto
370 Queen Street West (just east of Spadina on the north side of Queen)
Map/directions: http://horseshoetavern.com/directions.htm

FIVE BLANK PAGES accompanied by string & horn orchestra @ 12:30am
http://www.myspace.com/fiveblankpages

THE JUNCTION @ 11:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/thejunction

THE GHOST IS DANCING @ 10:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/theghostisdancing

THE VULCAN DUB SQUAD @ 9:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/thevulcandubsquad

$8 at the door; Doors open at 9:00pm; 19+/licensed.

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In becoming acquainted with Toronto, Ontario’s Five Blank Pages, one cannot help but think of the proverbial weekend cottage, indulging in long strolls by a lapping shore or drawing closer to loved ones by camp fire on cool Canadian nights.

The honesty and innocence of Five Blank Pages is conveyed through pop strains of delicate harmonies, bursts of crackling distortion and irresistible melodic hooks – yet it isn’t this that melts your heart as much as the bond this real-life family cultivates on stage. Formed in 2003 in Brampton, Ontario, Five Blank Pages consists of singer/songwriter Noyan Hilmi (vocals, guitars), then girlfriend (now wife), Pinar Ozyetis (vocals, keys), Noyan’s sister Chelen Hilmi, (drums, vocals) and friend of longstanding, Rajiv Thavanathan. Combining expressive melancholic chord structures with often buoyant and uplifting rhythms, Five Blank Pages conjure sketches of artists such as The Weakerthans, Pedro The Lion, Hayden, Death Cab For Cutie, and many East-Coast indie groups of the early 90’s, while recontextualizing this canon with their own originality and mark.

Their debut 6-song EP “Spaces to Occupy and Abandon” (distributed by Universal Music) has allowed the quartet to garner a sizeable following, playing showcases such as the Halifax Pop Explosion, CMW, NXNE, S.C.E.N.E. Fest, Brampton Indie Arts Fest and Over the Top Fest. The long-awaited full-length follow-up, “Last Blush”, is the sonic equivalent of an explosion of indie-pop styling and colour. This said, please don’t misconstrue this band as some calculating denizen of the commercial world of some latter day Partridge Family. This is a group in their earnest creating solemn heartfelt songs that capture the poignancy of Canadian independent lo-fi/hi-fi rock. Understood? Good. Now come warm yourself by the fire.

31 May 2008
STREETSVILLE/MISSISSAUGA, Ontario @ Strings Attached
STREETSVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL
ALL AGES & FREE! Noyan is playing solo acoustic outside, in front of Strings Attached.

5 June 2008
TORONTO, Ontario @ Rancho Relaxo
w/ Numbers & Figures (final show!), Sprinter & Ryan Karam
19+, $5 at the door, Noyan and Pinar are playing an acoustic set at 10:15pm.

18 July 2008
STREETSVILLE/MISSISSAUGA, Ontario @ Honey's Beestro
FREE! 19+. Noyan & Pinar are playing 2 acoustic sets, starting at 10:30pm.

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